bruixa
Catalan
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Occitan bruèissa, Portuguese bruxa, Spanish bruja), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).
Further reading
- “bruixa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bruixa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “bruixa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bruixa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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